Category: Breeding

Contains information and advice about hybridizing as well as photos of seedlings.

species daffodils

I have returned home from the ADS Fall Forum & Fall Daffodil Show in Cincinnati, OH. I express profuse appreciation to all those that worked to make the event possible and so very successful. As previously reported in this forum,…

A visit to Keira Bulbs

Here are some photos at Keira bulbs taken a day or two after the show – 19th of September. Fittingly, Graham and Helen Fleming won best  division 5.        A pot of Swagger was, for me, interesting to see. Jocelyn…

OTAKI 2017 ; a few more .

There  are  always  a  few  varieties  , at  every  show  ,  that  don,t  enjoy  as  many  days  out  as  they  deserve , –  or  perhaps  that  we  had  not  noticed  before .A  few  from  Otaki  that  caught  my  eye  .…

Winter 2017

As Graham has remarked it’s been a dry frosty winter here in Canberra. End of winter is in sight with the first pseudonarcissus and jonquilla in flower. There are some nice tazettas that have survived the frost.   As always…